Applicator for medicaments



. April 30, 1929. J. F. COOK APPLiQATOR FOR MEDICAMENTS Filed March 1, 1927 INVENTOR. esse F. Coolr ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr. 30, 1929. i i

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JESSE FRANKLIN COOK, OF :MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI.

APPLICATOR FOR MEDICAMENTS,

Application filed March 1, 1927. Serial No. 171,795.

The purpose of the invention is to prothe cap 17 having been disconnected, and vide a simple, cheap and effective device the medicament inserted in the cylinder. for the application of a medicament such After the latter has been fully charged, the as a salve or unguent to the vagina or lower cap is reattached and the device then inserted part of the uterus; and to provide a device 111 the atlected part, so that the medicament which. is susceptible of easy cleaning and may be discharged through the opening 18 therefore capable of being keptin a sterile by the application of pressure on the plunger, diti n, such as is afforded by the insertion of the With this object in View the. invention thumb through the ring 14 when the cylin- 10 consists in a construction and combination .der is grasped between the first and second of parts of which a preferred embodiment fingers. is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, The cylinder and cap are made preferably wherein; g I of hard rubber and the cap being detachable,

Figure 1 is a elcvational view of the inboth it and the cylinder are accessible inte- 15 vention. riorly for cleaning.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view The rod 18 is of a length that will permit on the plane indicated by the line 22 of the plunger to be forced into the cap when Figure 1. the latter is attached. Therefore, the plung- Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view on ermay be forced out of the cylinder when 20 the plane indicated by the line 3-3 of Figthe cap is detached, thus making it possible ure 1. to thoroughly clean the plunger.

The cylinder 10 is closed at the rear end The invention having been described, what as indicated at 11 and carries a plunger 12 is claimed as new and useful is: with which is connected a plunger rod 13 An applicator for medicaments compris- 25 having a slide bearing in the closed end 11. ing'a'cylinder closed at one end, a plunger A ring 14 is carried at the outer end of the slidably mounted. in the cylinder and having plunger rod and constitutes-a finger grip an actuating rod passing slid-ably through by means of which the rod and the plunger said closed end and terminating erteriorly may be actuated. thereof in a finger ring, and a cap detach- 30 The forward end of the cylinder is diaably connected at the remote end of the cylmetrically reduced to provide a shoulder 15, inder and constituting a closure therefor,

the reduced portion being externally threadthe cap havin a discharge opening comed as at 16 for engagement with interior municating with a bore corresponding to the threads formed in one end of the cap 17, bore of the cylinder, the actuating rod being the latter when connected with the cylinder of a length. to project the plunger beyond seating against the shoulder 15. The rethe cylinder when the cap is detached.

mote end of the cap is provided with a dis- In testimony whereof he aiiizros his sigcharge opening 18. nature.

In charging the device, the plunger is 40 withdrawn to the closed end of the cylinder, J ESSE FRANKLIN COOK, 

